FarmerTy Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Well after further inspection of the old impeller, I figured out that the actual shaft shifted and cracked. That's why it looks different. The skimmer ran through the night and got quieter as it went. Gonna have to tune it for a few days Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Can you just steal the shaft from the new impeller? That way the bushings are more like stock than the newer impeller? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Well after further inspection of the old impeller, I figured out that the actual shaft shifted and cracked. That's why it looks different. The skimmer ran through the night and got quieter as it went. Gonna have to tune it for a few days Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Can you just steal the shaft from the new impeller? That way the bushings are more like stock than the newer impeller? I'll take a picture and post it later, they're the same. Just appeared different because of the old one shifting and cracking. I had to transfer a ceramic ring from the old to the new but that was all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Ahhh, awesome. Looks like it's going to hold you over nicely then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 Well..... I'm giving serious thought to throwing away all my rock and starting over fresh.. I'm pricing out dry vs live And the pros and cons of acid washing/bleaching my current rock and reusing it vs doing the same with dry rock.... Idk what to do Palys, Aiptasia, and gsp have ruined my current substrate and rock. It's going to only get worse at this point Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 I tried Marco rock in the past, it was very dense and grew algae like crazy... Not doing that again Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 When I said I'm pulling all my fish to have an ich free tank, you told me I was crazy. I'll return you the favor... You're nuts! [emoji12] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christyef Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Is just selling the rocks w/ said unwanted gsp/palys an option? Free gift at May mtg for a beginner? Emerald crabs ate my aiptasia very well Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 When I said I'm pulling all my fish to have an ich free tank, you told me I was crazy. I'll return you the favor... You're nuts! [emoji12] And your coral aren't being stung or choked out by trash palys and gsp either.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Having parasites constantly embedded into your skin is probably no picnic in the park for the fish either! If you are going to do it, I'd buy new rock, seed it, then slowly swap out rocks until all the old rock is gone. Obviously don't let any old rock touch the new rock. Are you going to leave your crushed coral substrate as well? Have any aiptasia grown on that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 Having parasites constantly embedded into your skin is probably no picnic in the park for the fish either! If you are going to do it, I'd buy new rock, seed it, then slowly swap out rocks until all the old rock is gone. Obviously don't let any old rock touch the new rock. Are you going to leave your crushed coral substrate as well? Have any aiptasia grown on that? I'm probably going to have to pull majority of if out. Yes. There's Aptasia and Palys on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 You going to go sand then or stick with crushed coral? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 You going to go sand then or stick with crushed coral? Dry sand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Man, so you're removing all sand and all rocks! What about your sump/fuge? Aiptasia down there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 Man, so you're removing all sand and all rocks! What about your sump/fuge? Aiptasia down there? Yup..... [emoji17] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Got an idea for you, get a new tank, the tank that you've been wanting, with useable stand that you can actually fit stuff under... then start the tank with new sand and new rock, and when it's stable, catch all the fish out and run them through TTM for 12 days, then put them in the new tank. Run a QT for all your corals (only transfer coral flesh, no rock) and clean-up crew and 77 days later, put them into the new tank. Viola, problem solved. Tank you've always wanted, stand you've been needing, no aiptasia, no trash palys, no GSP, no ich... fresh start. [emoji4] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 Got an idea for you, get a new tank, the tank that you've been wanting, with useable stand that you can actually fit stuff under... then start the tank with new sand and new rock, and when it's stable, catch all the fish out and run them through TTM for 12 days, then put them in the new tank. Run a QT for all your corals (only transfer coral flesh, no rock) and clean-up crew and 77 days later, put them into the new tank. Viola, problem solved. Tank you've always wanted, stand you've been needing, no aiptasia, no trash palys, no GSP, no ich... fresh start. [emoji4] I can spend 500$ on new rock.... $3000 + for a new tank, not so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 New idea, sell all your acros and fund your new tank. Then buy back a frag from all your colonies and start the fun all over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 New idea, sell all your acros and fund your new tank. Then buy back a frag from all your colonies and start the fun all over again. Sasha's suggestion was, keep a frag everything I want to keep, sell off the colonies, thus funding the new rock and aquascape supplies. And makes it easier to house the coral until it's re setup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Yeah, I see lots of losses with the colonies with all these major changes happening that housing some small frags of your old colonies in a small tank somewhere else would be easiest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I'm a big fan of the BRS Reef Saver Dry rock. Least expensive and it's easy to stack / lock in place. If you're doing new sand look at special grade. I always rinse really well with tap water then give it one last rinse in RO. You don't get anywhere near the sand storms you do with regular sand...if you have any burrowers or sand sifters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 150 LBS of New Tukani Live Rock = $540.36 BRS Dry Pukani Rock = $523.50 hmm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 The dry rock is more rock. The live rock you get to pay for water weight too. I have done both and the dry is 50% more rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I really liked the BRS dry Pukani I got for my tank. Very happy w/ the size vs weight paid for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 The dry rock is more rock. The live rock you get to pay for water weight too. I have done both and the dry is 50% more rock. For sure... The Pukani will be literally 150 lbs of rock. The Tukani will have water weight and be less volume. I didn't have a good dry rock experience, but i used Marco Rock, anyone in town have an established tank using pukani? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 anyone in town have an established tank using pukani?Yes, but only about 1/4-1/3 of the rock in my tank is the BRS dry Pukani. The rest was live rock from my old tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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